Andrew Dawes

Dawes was born in High River, Alberta.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6LeJYlcUHAsC&pg=PA127 Curtin Call: A Photographer's Candid View of 25 Years of Music in Canada]. Exile Editions, Ltd.; 1994. {{ISBN|978-1-55096-051-8}}. p. 127–. His violin teachers included Clayton Hare{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/austrianimmigrat0000unse/page/116/mode/2up |title=Austrian Immigration to Canada: Selected Essays |publisher=Carleton University Press |year=1969 |editor-last=Szabo |editor-first=Frank A.J. |pages=116 |chapter=Canada's Musical Life |isbn=9780886292812 |access-date=2023-08-11 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/austrianimmigrat0000unse/page/116/mode/2up |url-access=registration}} and Murray Adaskin, and he studied with Lorand Fenyves at the Conservatoire de Genève.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VisKAQAAMAAJ Opera Canada]. Volumes 15–17. Canadian Opera Association; 1974. p. 20.{{Cite book |last=Colgrass |first=Ulla |url=https://archive.org/details/forloveofmusicin0000colg/page/130/mode/2up |title=For the Love of Music: Interviews with Ulla Colgrass |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1988 |pages=130 |isbn=978-0-19-540665-8 |access-date=2023-08-11 |url-access=registration}}

Dawes was first violinist of the Toronto-based Orford String Quartet throughout its existence from 1965 to 1991.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf3GPo9jJzkC&pg=PA63 Concert Life in Puerto Rico, 1957-1992: Views and Reviews]. La Editorial, UPR; 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-8477-0320-3}}. p. 63–.[https://books.google.com/books?id=px_uAAAAMAAJ Saturday Night]. Volume 105, Issues 6–10. Consolidated Press Limited; 1990. p. 10. The group toured North America in 1984.[https://books.google.com/books?id=TvfjAAAAMAAJ Ovation]. Vol. 5. Ovation Magazine Associates; 1984. p. 6. He also performed with the Tokyo String Quartet in 1995.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/a-moving-toronto-goodbye-from-the-tokyo-quartet/article10807289/ "A moving Toronto goodbye from the Tokyo Quartet"]. ROBERT HARRIS. The Globe and Mail, April 5, 2013

Dawes was a Professor of Music at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. He was Professor Emeritus of the School of Music, University of British Columbia. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Music at McGill University. He was a member of the board of directors of the Saint James Music Academy, and a director of the Vancouver Academy of Music's Chamber Music Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=2936&t=12&ln=Dawes|title=The Governor General of Canada|last=General|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|language=en|access-date=2016-04-13}}

Dawes served as a juror at music competitions including the London International String Quartet Competition, Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He was chair of the Banff International String Quartet Competition from 1989 to 2004.

In 2013, the National Film Board of Canada produced a brief tribute to Dawes entitled Dynamic Range, written and directed by Lisa Jackson.{{cite web |url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/andrew_dawes_dynamic_range/ |title=Andrew Dawes: Dynamic Range |access-date=2022-10-30}}

As of 2022, the rare 1770 Guadagnini violin that Dawes played from 1957 to 2018 is called the Dawes, de Long Tearse.{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=42602 |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1770, the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse' |access-date=2022-10-30}} Robert Uchida is the current performer.

Dawes died of prostate cancer on October 30, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/canadian-violinist-andrew-dawes-has-died/15670.article|title=Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes has died|website=The Strad|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=November 2, 2022}}

• Appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 1991[https://www.thestrad.com/canadian-violinist-andrew-dawes-receives-governor-generals-lifetime-achievement-award/1305.article "Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award"]. The Strad, 9 April 2013
• The Dorothy Somerset Award for Excellence in Performance and Development
• The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
• Juno Awards: 11 nominations and 3 wins{{cite web |url=https://junoawards.ca/artist-profile/the-orford-string-quartet/ |title=The Orford String Quartet |access-date=2022-10-30}}{{cite web |url=https://junoawards.ca/artist-profile/andrew-dawes/ |title=Andrew Dawes |access-date=2022-10-30}}
• Chalmers National Music Award
• The Canada Council Molson Prize
• 1964 Prix de Virtuosité from the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
• 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement

Notable Dawes recordings include

• Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin with Jane Coop
• Beethoven The Complete Quartets with the Orford String Quartet
• Mozart String Quartets with the Orford String Quartet

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